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Description: | An incomplete cast copper alloy Colchester Two Piece Dolphin brooch, dating to the 1st/ 2nd century, between AD 43 - 200 (length: 39.5mm; width at wings: 29mm; thickness/ depth: 11.5mm; weight: 8.5g). Bayley and Butcher (see bibliography below) have classified this type of brooch has having a hinged pin ?in a long crossbar, the bow arched in a single curve? [page 89]. The brooch is T-shaped in plan and most D-shaped in section. At the top of the brooch, there are the central stumped remains of a probable rearward claw, which would have originally extended back to connect with the probable hinged mechanism. The semi-cylindrical wings (length of wing at either side of head: 10mm) are decorated with two sets of double parallel incised lines, which are also decorated with small incised markings across their width. One set of these is positioned halfway between the head and the wing terminals, while the other two sets are placed at either end of the wings, although only one of these sets in partially visible due to wear and corrosion on the wings. The top of the bow is centrally decorated with two sets of similar linear decoration with each set commences either side of the probable remains of the rearward claw and taper towards each other to meet at a point 10.5mm from the top of the brooch. There is no other decoration on the bow, which tapers down to an incomplete and stumped point at the end. At the back of the brooch, the probable hinged mechanism and pin are completely missing with a hollow casing remaining behind the head where it originally fitted. There is no decoration on the back of the brooch and due to the incomplete bow, only a small area of the broken cast copper alloy catchplate remains. The pin (when originally present) would have fastened into the curved catchplate (when complete) to hold the brooch to an item of clothing. Overall, the artefact is in a worn but fair condition with a dark green patina. There is also a substantial amount of corrosion and bronze disease present on the lower part of the brooch, particularly at the stumped terminal and fragmentary catchplate. Similar examples are illustrated in Bayley, J & Butcher, S, 2004, ?Roman Brooches in Britain: A Technological and Typological Study based on the Richborough Collection?, pages 89-90, fig 70, ref nos 206-7. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 43
200 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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